Barrel-carrier.



No. 664,623. Patented Dec. 25, I900.

S. J. BUCKLAND.

BARREL CARRIER.

(Application filed Oct. 2 3, 1900.)

(N0 Model-J UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SETH J. BUOKLAND, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

BARREL-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 664,623, dated December25, 1900.

Application filed October 23, 1900. Serial No. 34,029. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SETH J. BUOKLAND, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Springfield, in the county of Hamp'den andState of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Barrel-Carriers, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a carrier for barrels of a kind which isespecially applicable by city scavengers and garbage-gatherers for theremoval of barrels of ashes or other refuse from houses.

The principal object of the invention is to devise a carrier of thecharacter and for the purpose indicated which is composed of a minimumnumber of parts or pieces and has a range of adaptability for clampingand carrying barrels of varying diametrical sizes without the adjustmentof any of the component parts of the carrier.

The invention consists in a barrel-carrier composed of the partsconstructed and combined or connected as below described, and set forthin the claim.

The barrel-carrier is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a side view,and Fig. 2 is a plan view. Fig. 1 isshown partially in vertical section as taken on the line m m, Fig. 2.Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section taken on the line 2/ t A.

The carrier in its entirety consists of two pairs of side bars A A, thebars of a pair at each side being hinged together at the junction oftheir under portions and their ap' proached ends, and the twocross-boards B B, extending each from the carrier-bar at one side to theopposite carrier-bar, said crossboards having their end portions restingon the upper sides of the bars and being secured thereto by nails orscrews 0. The carrierbars from their handle-end portions 01 aredownwardly widened, as'at f, and the leaves of the hinges g,which uniteside pairs of the handle-levers or carrier-bars, are secured upon theunder edges of such widened portionsf, whereby the hinge-point g isconsiderably below the upper'edges of the bars. The adjacent ends of thecarrier-bars, as indicated at h, are divergent upwardly, relatively toeach other, so that the carrier-bars may be swung on their hinges,whereby both side pairs thereof are brought to an obtuse angleandwhereby the range of gripping ac tion by the clamping-boards B B is muchgreater than would be the case were the hinged ends of the barsperpendicular to their upper edges. The inner or approached edges of theclamping-boards B B have the arc-shaped recesses i v) to conform to thecircumferen cc of the barrel more or less exactly.

The manner of employment of the device for engaging a barrel whereby thesame may be easily carried by two persons is by tilting the oppositehandle ends of the bars downwardly suificiently to spread thecross-boards B B, so that the whole device may be brought over and aboutand lowered to a low part of the barrel. Then by lifting on the handleends of the bars the same are swung until the clamping-boards B B cometo a grip upon the barrel, and of course the barrel may be transportedwith convenience and certainty. The pressure by the clamping-boards B Bbeing a constrictive one and the grip taken thereby on the barrel beingpreferably at a lower portion thereof, there is no possibility of thebottom of the barrel, however weak, falling out and with it the contentsof the barrel being carried.

It is deemed proper to point out the simplicity and completeness of thedevice as comprised in but six members or pieces in addition to thehinges and the fastening nails or screws. This simplicity or reductionof the parts to the minimum is largely due to the arrangement andcombination of the crossboards B B, which not only serve as the clampingor gripping members, but also as the ties for uniting the opposite sidepairs of the carrier-bars, and the simplification of the device is,furthermore, insured by the divergent arrangement and inclined formationof the ends of the bars, (indicated at h,) whereby the range of clampingaction is rendered sufficiently great without the necessity of makingany of the parts adjustable, and thereby objectionably complicated andtrappy.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Pat cut, is

A barrel-carrier consisting of the four car rier-bars A, arranged inopposite side pairs having their approached end portions down! wardlywidened and hinge-connected at the junction of their under edges andadjacent ends, which ends from the hinge-point are inclined and upwardlydivergent, as at h; and the boards,- B B, extending between and se curedto opposite pairs of the handle-bars, having their inner edges formedwith arcshaped recesses 1', and constituting both the barrel-clampingmembers and the ties for 16 uniting and bracing the opposite side pairsof the said bars, substantially as described.

Signed by me at Springfield, Massachusetts, in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

SETH J. BUOKLAND.

Witnesses: 7

WM. S. BELLOWS, N. M. BELLOWS.

